Kimonye Surname

812,930th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 343 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kimonye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kimonye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3381:136,62711,173
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kimonye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kimonye Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kimonye is found most frequently in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kimonye? popularity and diffusion

Kimonye is the 812,930th most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 21,246,490 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kimonye are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Kimonye is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 338 people, or 1 in 136,627. In Kenya Kimonye is most common in: Meru County, where 56 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 25 percent reside and Muranga County, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Kimonye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kimonye last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kimonye
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